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Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all knowledge. You will know everything.

Sivananda

Conquer your thoughts and you will conquer the world.
SIVANANDA

Conquer Thinking Willing World Yourself
The secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.
SIVANANDA

God Humanity Life Love Secret Service
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
SIVANANDA

Character Form Law Right
Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.
SIVANANDA

Alone Ego Yourself
Your thoughts should agree with your words, and the words should agree with your actions. In this world people think one thing, say another thing, and do something else. This is horrible. This is crookedness.
SIVANANDA

Action Horrible People Thinking Word Yourself
The goal of life is god realisation.
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Goal God Life Realize
Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.
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Artificial Civilization Complication Harm Modern Oneself
Moral values, and a culture and a religion, maintaining these values are far better than laws and regulations.
SIVANANDA

Culture Law Moral Regulation Value
Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.
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Depression Failure Future Mistake Past Regret
Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.
SIVANANDA

Capacity Himself Man Path Understand
Common sense is the fundamental factor in all spiritual disciplines. No rule is an eternal rule. Rules change from place to place, time to time and from one condition to another condition.
SIVANANDA

Condition Discipline Factor Forever Fundamental
Man is a bridge between the two worlds – the visible and the invisible.
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Bridge Invisible Man Visible World
The human intellect has not been able to conceive of anything more noble and sublime in the history of the world than the teachings of the Upanishads.
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History Human Intellectual Noble Teaching World
The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience.
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Education Enjoyment Experience Life Secret
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
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Act Heart Mindset Secret Success
Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path.
SIVANANDA

Growth Path Spiritual Tolerance

Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all knowledge. You will know everything.

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Why do you read many books? The great book is within your heart. Open the pages of this inexhaustible book, the source of all knowledge. You will know everything.

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